We’d checked on the start to this puja a couple of times. The first time (on the way to Angalamman), we saw the Iyer doing his usual Sahasranama prayanam to the utsavar, who was ready and waiting on the side prakaram, in front of the Kuberan yantra, instead of her usual spot just outside the garbhagriha. The second time we passed by on the way to Nandhikeswara, it seemed like they were getting ready, but not yet there. When Arun finally got there after Nandhikeswara, the banana plant had just barely come down, Kannika Parameswari was facing it (standing on the road facing west). She then moved in a long circle up into the middle of MG Road, and then U-turned back into the temple. She was carried around the whole prakaram once, and brought back in through the main door. Then, of course, her victory dance! Arun left soon after that started so as to be at the Sivan Koyil in time.